Uber in Germany
Jul 29, 2017, 12:18 pm
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Uber only acts as a broker of limo services in Germany. You are better off using mydriver or mytaxi, it will save you 10+%.
Jul 30, 2017, 8:55 am
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In Berlin uber partners with some (or one) of the local taxi corporations and you do not pay more if you use uber than if you call a taxi or use MyTaxi. However using uber has the advantage of earning starpoints if you stay in a SPG hotel. The rate from the Sheraton to Gendarmenmarkt was nearly the same using uber or MyTaxi with an advantage of 0.90 EUR for MyTaxi
Jul 30, 2017, 8:57 am
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...and MyTaxi has the advantage of earning M&M!
Aug 3, 2017, 11:40 am
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Most of my visits are 1 or 2 days on business and although I have MyTaxi I don't need to clutter my phone with multiple apps to cover every country.
Aug 4, 2017, 10:10 am
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You cut out the middle man because mytaxi adds - different from Uber - no premium to the taxi fare.
Aug 5, 2017, 8:28 am
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By using MyTaxi I cut out the middleman.
Oct 31, 2017, 11:42 am
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In Berlin uber partners with some (or one) of the local taxi corporations and you do not pay more if you use uber than if you call a taxi or use MyTaxi. However using uber has the advantage of earning starpoints if you stay in a SPG hotel. The rate from the Sheraton to Gendarmenmarkt was nearly the same using uber or MyTaxi with an advantage of 0.90 EUR for MyTaxi
One of my Frankfurt friends said that traditional Uber is now available in 2 German cities.
Nov 1, 2017, 2:28 am
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Nope, still only limited to being an agency of regular taxi in Berlin and an agent of limo services in Berlin and Munich:
Mar 22, 2019, 6:25 am
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I made the mistake to use Uber X in Düsseldorf. Like in other places on this globe, they quoted me a (good) flat fare in the App, EUR 5,55, which was close to half of the taxi price I know pretty well (EUR 9,00). In the end I received however an Uber invoice per Email, charging me a base fare of 2 EUR and extras for time an milegage. From what I would guess exactly the fare based to the citycouncil's directive for "Mietwagen" and close to double the EUR 5,55. For that result I had to wait close to 10 minutes and sat in an old Toyota. I did not get a VAT invoice, to could not reclaim the 7% included in taxi fare. At the end the old Toyota was more expensive than a regular taxi. No need to do that again but a need to make that public to warn others.
Mar 24, 2019, 5:33 am
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Mar 25, 2019, 7:52 am
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Mar 25, 2019, 7:53 am
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